The Florence Foster Jenkins Story

2016

Germany

93 min

Directed by: Ralf Pleger

Cast: Joyce DiDonato, Jan-Philipp Rekeszus, Adam Benzwi

Florence Foster Jenkins is known as “the worst singer of all time”, yet she is a cult figure whose recordings still outsell many contemporary singers. Opera superstar Joyce DiDonato, making her cinematic debut interprets the flamboyant “queen of dissonance” in this vivid impression of the conflict between inner delusion and external reality.